Emma Stone Quotes

I think if I manage to juggle a personal life that I'm really happy with as well, as long as I manage to maintain balance, that's kind of the mark of success to me.

Other people want a career or success because they think that will help them find their personal life somewhere. I've done it the other way around. What I have is what everybody else is looking for. I know I've got it made. I know I'm a very lucky man. That came first. Then the music and the career just kind of took care of themselves.

As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.

I'm happy. I've had a great career. I adore my family. My closest friends from decades ago remain my closest friends.

I've got this great home life I want to keep living, and I don't want to neglect it.

I've been very lucky to have achieved a lot of the things that I dreamt of achieving as a young man. But, at the end of the day - and I truly believe this - it is not about achieving great wealth or success. Because they don't bring happiness, ultimately.

I've been evaluating how much I value happiness in my life. To be too driven takes away your happiness.

I feel very lucky. I have a husband and baby that I adore. I have a career I really love. When I sit back and reflect, it's, like, wow! I am very grateful.

I have a great family, good friends, a nice girlfriend, my own house. I have got everything how I want it to be.

Don't forget until too late that the business of life is not business but living.

I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be.

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

Study what you love, and you'll never have to work a day in your life. It'll be one great adventure.

I was as happy doing theater in New York for little or no money as I am now doing television for more money. The happiness, I guess, comes out of it being a good job. The success has to do with the fact that it's a good job that will continue.

I have this amazing life.

I want to live a full life - period.

I can only say that I have had a wonderful life.

Listen, if my career was to end tomorrow, I would have no complaints whatsoever.

Life for me outweighs the game of basketball.

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

I don't look at things goin', 'Oh, is this gonna make me rich? Is this gonna make me a star? Am I gonna win awards?' If all that stuff happens, great. Who cares? I still have to wake up in the morning and go to work and be happy to do it.

My ambition is to be happy.

The goal isn't to be successful; it's to be happy. And so it doesn't matter if I'm doing things in New York or teaching high school or I drop it altogether and sell coffee. The goal is to be happy, and people and relationships are what makes you happy.

I don't think I'll be playing again. I'm very content and happy, doing the types of things I haven't gotten to do, be a father.

I have a very happy marriage and friends who keep my feet on the ground. But looking for satisfaction in life is difficult. Maybe being happy is as simple as not being unhappy.